Andrew Vachss Quotes

Andrew Vachss — American Author born on October 19, 1942,

Andrew Henry Vachss is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths... (wikipedia)

Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody.

All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn that some forms of gratification must be deferred and others denied.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species.

In some neighborhoods, if you want to walk down the streets, you've got two choices - look down, or look hard.